From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id CAA24832; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 02:04:57 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA25416 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 02:04:56 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from wetware.wetware.com (wetware.wetware.com [199.108.16.1]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g7TNqgX21965 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 01:53:08 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from kallisti.local.(ra05.wetware.com[199.108.16.85]) (1251 bytes) by wetware.wetware.com via sendmail with P:esmtp/R:bind_hosts/T:inet_zone_bind_smtp (sender: ) id for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:51:49 -0700 (PDT) (Smail-3.2.0.114 2001-Aug-6 #1 built 2002-Aug-4) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:52:01 -0700 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] objective caml and industry Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v543) Cc: caml-list@inria.fr To: Michael Vanier From: james woodyatt In-Reply-To: <200208292257.g7TMvrJ10800@orchestra.cs.caltech.edu> Message-Id: <50450628-BBAA-11D6-9803-000502DB38F5@wetware.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.543) Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Thursday, Aug 29, 2002, at 15:57 US/Pacific, Michael Vanier wrote: > > [...] We teach scheme as an introductory programming language at > Caltech, and we get a *lot* of resistance even from supposedly > open-minded freshmen [...] Tell them that computer *scientists* need to learn functional programming, and that if they really want to take courses in the software equivalent of automotive repair, then perhaps they should have considered studying at DeVry. How's *that* for negative? -- j h woodyatt markets are only free to the people who own them. ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners